I was with some freshly started Klingons with starter gear and weapons and we were getting thumped by Federation players with more and better gear and one guy was cursing at us to stay together. But it's impossible to stay together when our shots are barely tickling the Feds and they are three shotting us and we respawn in a different area. So he eventually left the group in a hissy fit - his loss - I got a decent amount of EC and other stuff for getting my butt kicked.